Belt-connecting means.



C. MATTHAEI.

BELT CONNECTING MEANS. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12, 1909.

1,1 34,146, Patented Apr, 6, 1915.

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BELT-CONNECTING MEANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

Application filed November 12, 1909. Serial No. 527,615.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CURT MATTHAEI, manufacturer, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Offenbach-on-the-Main, in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Belt-Connecting Means, of which the following is a specification.

The known belt connecting means consisting of single hooks have the drawback that they are not ready for use without further manipulation, and for their application require a special inserting device. Furthermore, their insertion cannot be effected by the user without loss of time, because prior to their application the hooks have to be inserted singly by hand.

The present invention has as its object to avoid these drawbacks and this is attained by the provision of slotted strips adapted to receive the hooks and enabling them to be inserted in a more convenient manner.

Figure 1 represents a plan view of a preferred form of my invention before the strip is bent; Fig. 2 represents a transverse section through the strip ofFig. 1 after the same is bent to the form required for my invention; Fig. 3 is a transverse section similar to Fig; 2 in which the strip is folded back upon itself; Fig. 4 is another transverse section in which the strip is compound, being made up of two individual strips united at their edges; and Fig. 5 is still another transverse section in which the strip is bent to have a cross section like an exaggerated letter S.

In the figures a represents the strip provided with a plurality of spaced transverse slots a adapted to receive the hooks b. In the form illustrated in Fig. 2 the strip of Fig. 1 is bent symmetrically in its center line so as to present a concaved central strip section which is bordered by laterally extending strip sections which bend slightly toward the center and which terminate in outwardly and backwardly extending flanging strip sections so as to constitute inwardly projecting Vs a, the slots extending into these Vs. These slots are of predetermined length so that the hook or connector I) when inserted can only be inserted to a definite extent sufiiciently to permit the in c to be inserted within the angle of the connectors, thus preventing the connectors from being detached or becoming loose .until said pin is withdrawn.

In Fig. 3 a strip is folded back upon itself so as to have a U-shaped cross section and each folded portion or strip section is slotted, the slots of one strip section being longer than those of the other. The ends of the slots engage the sides of the hooks b when inserted and the pin 0 is used to retain the hooks in position as before.

In Fig. 4 a strip bent to have several strip sections somewhat as is that of Fig. 2 is combined with a base strip, the two strips being united at their edges; each of these strips is slotted to receive the connectors 22' and the pin 0 is used to retain them in posi-' tion.

In Fig. 5 a single strip is bent so as to provide a number of strip sections and to have a cross section somewhat similar to an exaggerated letter S, the bottom of the 8 having an outwardly and downwardly projecting end a The middle and bottom strip section or member of the S is slotted and the top and lateral members are used to limit the insertion of the connectors b when in position. -The pin 0 as in the other figures prevents withdrawal of the connectors.

Now if a belt is to be connected, the end or edge of the belt is placed between the open hooks which are then driven in by means of a hammer or with the aid of an appropriate tool or pincers, after which the pin 0 is withdrawn to the extent to which hooks have been used, and the strip or carrier is slid off from the hooks driven in. The cross section of the strips is preferably so chosen that the hooks during the driving-in operation are guided against lateral lugs. In this way a detachable belt connector is obtained, which is always ready for use, and which has the great advantage that the strips may be made of any desired length, enabling belts of ordinary width to be quickly connected and the hooks to be arranged therein and packed ready for use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A holder for belt connectors comprising a thin stripfolded longitudinally and provided with a plurality of sets of transverse slots, the slots of each set being in the same plane so as to receive the belt connectors, and removable means adapted to co operate with thestrip to retain said belt connectors in the slots, substantially as and fo the purpose described.

A holderv for belt connectors comprisa thin strip folded longitudinally and provided with a plurality of parallel sets of transverse s'lot's,-the slots of each set being in t the same plane so as to receive the'belt con- 7 ing a thin strip folded longitudinallyso as nectors and the slots being further of determined length so as to limitthe extent to.

which the connectors may beinserted into the holder, and removable means comprising a removable pinfor retaining said belt connectors in the slots,'substantially as and for .the'purpose described.

the slots of each set beinfarran ed in the 3. .A device for belt connectors'of the class described comprisin lines parallel to its provided with spaced sets of{transverse slots,

same plane to receive an hold .t e connec} tors, portions of said strip being'arranged to limit the extent to which the connectors:

a. strip-fielded along y ength, said folds being niay'be inserted into the slots and removable pin for vretaining said connectors against said limiting'portions, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. A device of the class described compristo provide a number of laterally dlsposed portions, a plurality of which are cut'fentirely through by fiansverse slots in transverse planes so as'tot receive belt connectors the purpose described. p

In testlmony whereof I have signed my name to this'sp ificatioi in'the' presence of two subscribing'witnesses. a f

" *CURT MATTHAEI'.

I and a removable pin for retaining saidconi nectors in the slots, substantially-"as and f 

